Turkey Meatballs Greek Rice Bowl - A Quick Dinner Idea (2024)

🛒 Ingredients

• Turkey mince - use ground turkey,or swap for ground beef or ground chicken. Alternatively, use your favorite marinated and cooked chicken, chopped into pieces, for extra variety in your bowl.
• Rice - while I used brown rice as the base, feel free to mix it up! Whether you prefer white rice, quinoa, couscous, barley, farro, or wheat berries, the choice is yours.
• Breadcrumbs- use seasoned breadcrumbs, panko or for low carb versionalmond flour will also help to bind the ingredients.
• For toppings - kalamata olives, cucumbers or a fresh Mediterranean salad.

Mediterranean Bowl Meal Prep Tips

• Divide the rice evenly among four containers and top each with the ground turkey meatballs.
• Pack the chopped veggies or salad, olives, rice separately, and include a lemon wedge if using, either in a separate container or small bag.
• Store the cucumber dip (tzatziki) in another separate container.

When ready to eat:

• Warm the rice bowls in the microwave for about 45 seconds, covered with a damp paper towel to prevent drying.
• Top with cucumbers or salad, olives, squeeze lemon, and add tzatziki sauce to taste.

📋 Tips

• For a different protein option, consider swapping the ground turkey meatballs for Greek chicken or salmon (air fryer or pan-seared) or roasted chickpeas for vegetarian meal.
• As for grains, while I prefer brown rice quinoa, couscous, farro, basmati rice, or instant pot sushi rice also work wonderfully in these bowls.
• Serve Mediterranean bowls with pita chips, and you can also add some protein rich hummus on top.
• Air Fryer Instructions - cook for 15-20 minutes in preheated air fryer at 375 F. You can also try these air fryer beef meatballs instead.

For Turkey Meatballs

• ▢ 1 pound ground turkey
• ▢ ½ cup Italian breadcrumbs or blanched almond flour
• ▢ ¾ cup yellow onion, chopped
• ▢ 1 large egg
• ▢ 2 teaspoon garlic, minced
• ▢ ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon black pepper

For Serving

• ▢ Chopped cucumbers
• ▢ Kalamata olives
• ▢ Tzatziki sauce
• ▢ fresh dill
• ▢ lemon wedges or slices
• ▢ cooked rice or pearl couscous

• Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Mix all ingredients in a bowl, then roll into 2-inch balls (about 2 tablespoons each, making 16 meatballs).

• Bake for 15 minutes, turning the broiler to high for the last 2-3 minutes. Assemble bowls with your favorite cooked grain, cucumber, tzatziki sauce, olives, dill, and a drizzle of freshly squeezed lemon juice on top.